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| Full name | William Walker Robinson | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 1870 Airdrie, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 July 1940 (aged 70) Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Walker Robinson (23 June 1870 – 4 July 1940) was a Scottish-born competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1] Robinson swam in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, and came second for the silver medal with a time of 3:12.8.[2] He was 38 years old at the time of the 1908 Olympics, and was the oldest swimmer to win a medal in Olympic history for 100 years, until the 41-year-old American Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Olympics.[3]